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Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $70 million.

The World Series of Poker will be played downtown in 2005 after Harrah's Entertainment Inc. agreed to keep the world's top poker tournament at Binion's Horseshoe for at least one extra year beyond this year's event.

News Brief: Casino stocks are near 52-week highs and research reveals that institutional investors are buying the highfliers as Wall Street analysts raise earnings estimates.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. has offered $28.5 million to buy the Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans.

The Hard Rock Hotel says it will fight a complaint filed by Nevada gaming regulators that claims the boutique Paradise Road property's advertising violates state rules.

Nevada regulators are investigating objections raised by the Culinary union to the designated buyer for the Aladdin.

Senator John McCain says he does not plan to push his bill to prohibit Nevada sports books from taking bets on college games during this month's NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Meeting in back-to-back emergency sessions, Nevada's gaming regulators late Wednesday approved the sale of Binion's Horseshoe to MTR Gaming Group, subject to 10 conditions.

News Brief: Waukegan's bid to build a casino about 4 miles from Great Lakes Naval Station would be a dangerous combination, according to a University of Illinois professor.

News Brief: The new Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa paid its first regulatory fines on Wednesday for two violations at the gaming tables.

Harrah's Entertainment’s Board of Directors approved the construction of a $142 million, 450-room hotel tower at Harrah's New Orleans Casino.

News Brief: Calder Race Course will become the latest Florida track to open a poker room when its live Thoroughbred meet.

News Brief: A former Harrah’s Lake Tahoe dealer agreed to pay the casino $675,000 in restitution after pleading guilty Tuesday to stealing its money between May 1999 and May 2003.

ews Brief: Kewadin Casino shut its doors most of the day Saturday for the first time in its history, as crews sifted through heavy damage caused by an early-morning fire.

News Brief: A former Casino Aztar supervisor is suing the gaming company for sex discrimination, claiming management retaliated against her after she complained about being pressured to hire large-breasted women as cocktail waitresses.

Thanks to pent-up demand for workers in the gaming industry, major casino companies are snatching up former Binion's Horseshoe and Castaways workers, even as the proposed sales and reopening of the properties are progressing.

Nevada-based slot makers and three major Las Vegas casino operators could be big winners from a legal contest settled Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.

News Brief: Irate Greektown jackpot winners had to wait for up to three hours to be paid die to malfunctioning slots.

ews Brief: An Ontario man won the province's second-largest slot machine jackpot early Saturday, after taking a break from playing cards.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $52 million.